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Real Estate Prices & Overview

St. Pete / Saint Peters University median real estate price is $733,644, which is more expensive than 67.6% of the neighborhoods in New Jersey and 79.9% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in St. Pete / Saint Peters University is currently $2,396, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 85.3% of New Jersey neighborhoods.

St. Pete / Saint Peters University is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Jersey City, New Jersey.

St. Pete / Saint Peters University real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) apartment complexes/high-rise apartments and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the St. Pete / Saint Peters University neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.

Home and apartment vacancy rates are 6.5% in St. Pete / Saint Peters University. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 57.1% of the neighborhoods in the nation, approximately near the middle range for vacancies.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

People

St. Pete / Saint Peters University has the amazing distinction of housing more same sex couples living together than 98.8% of neighborhoods in the U.S. If you are seeking such a neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that this is one place that you should consider.

In addition, one of the really interesting characteristics about the St. Pete / Saint Peters University neighborhood is that, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research, it is an excellent choice in which to reside for college students. Due to its popularity among college students who already choose to live here, its walkability, and its above average safety from crime, the neighborhood is ideal for prospective or already-enrolled college students. Between semesters and during school breaks, you'll notice that the excitement here fluctuates with the college seasons. Despite the excitement however, parents of college-age children can rest easy knowing that this neighborhood has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 1.4% of college-friendly places to live in the state of New Jersey.

Also, neighborhoodScout's analysis shows that the St. Pete / Saint Peters University neighborhood has a greater concentration of residents currently enrolled in college than 95.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. With 11.6% of the population here attending college, this is very much a college-focused neighborhood.

Real Estate

The St. Pete / Saint Peters University neighborhood is very densely populated compared to most U.S. neighborhoods. In fact, with 49,438 persons per square mile in the neighborhood, it is more packed with people than 98.4% of the nation's neighborhoods. Even if you drive or take transit to your place of employment, many people enjoy being able to walk in their neighborhood. What many people don't realize is that most of America's premier vacation locations are also very walkable. The St. Pete / Saint Peters University neighborhood is among the top 5% of American neighborhoods in terms of walkability.

In addition, the real estate in the St. Pete / Saint Peters University neighborhood really stands out in the way it looks for a unique reason: this neighborhood has a higher proportion of apartment complexes or high-rise apartments than nearly every neighborhood in the country. Most neighborhoods are a mixture of real estate and housing types, but here it is almost entirely dominated by big apartment buildings and complexes. In fact, 71.4% of the real estate here is classified as apartment complexes or high-rise apartments, which is more than is found in 95.3% of American neighborhoods.

Modes of Transportation

If you like to ride the train to work, this neighborhood may be for you. NeighborhoodScout's research revealed that 23.4% of the St. Pete / Saint Peters University neighborhood's commuters ride the train to and from work each day, which is more than we found in 97.6% of America's neighborhoods.

Also, more people ride the bus in this neighborhood each day to get to work than 97.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Car Ownership

American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the St. Pete / Saint Peters University neighborhood buck this trend. 21.1% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the St. Pete / Saint Peters University neighborhood has more Arab and Dominican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 15.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Arab ancestry and 10.4% have Dominican ancestry.

St. Pete / Saint Peters University is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 13.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Arabic at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

Migration / Stability

Some neighborhoods have more internal cohesiveness than others. While other neighborhoods feel like a collection of strangers who just happen to live near each other. Sometimes this comes down to not only the personalities of the people in a place, but how long people have been together in that neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research has revealed some interesting things about the rootedness of people in the St. Pete / Saint Peters University neighborhood. What is interesting to note, is that the St. Pete / Saint Peters University neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (49.7%) than are found in 97.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the St. Pete / Saint Peters University neighborhood in Jersey City are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 51.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 25.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 76.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the St. Pete / Saint Peters University neighborhood, 41.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 29.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (14.9%), and 14.1% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the St. Pete / Saint Peters University neighborhood is English, spoken by 39.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Arabic, Tagalog (the first language of the Philippine region) and Langs. of India.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the St. Pete / Saint Peters University neighborhood in Jersey City, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Asian (20.5%). There are also a number of people of Arab ancestry (15.8%), and residents who report Dominican roots (10.4%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (7.1%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (5.1%), among others. In addition, 49.7% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in St. Pete / Saint Peters University neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (37.3% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (34.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also take the train to get to work (23.4%) and 15.1% of residents also ride the bus for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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